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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

William James

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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Broken Concepts Reality
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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Change Life Positive
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Discovery Important Positive
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men

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